Muddy Chocolate Cake

This muddy chocolate cake has a hole in its center that is filled with melted chocolate, which is how the recipe gets its name. It's best served hot.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 634 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup yogurt
• 12 (1.5 ounce) bars milk chocolate candy
• 2 cups cream cheese
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.33329999446869 cup butter
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cut a hole in the center of the cake that does not go all the way through the cake. Melt another 6 sweet chocolate bars, and pour into the hole.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil and flour a deep 9-inch round pan or springform.

Step 3

Cream butter and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl; beat in 3 eggs and blend in yogurt. Combine flour and baking powder; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Melt 6 chocolate bars; blend into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Step 4

Bake until the cake tests done, for 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan.

Step 5

Beat cream cheese, 3 eggs, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and 3/4 cup sugar together until smooth; pour over cake. Bake for 20 minutes.

Step 6

Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on the top of the cake; return to oven and bake until the sugar melts and browns. Serve.